Meditation for Students and Families

How to approach meditation for children (from people who teach it) Just as grown-ups who meditate are motivated by different considerations, grown-ups interested in teaching children meditation have different goals. Is this a classroom situation, or are you wondering how to teach your child to meditate at home? Are you looking for relaxation techniques for [...]

Taking a step back and appreciating parenting a teen As a parent, it’s easy to become impatient. I think it helps to remember how vivid a teenager’s world is, how their senses are in perfect working order. Do you remember what that’s like? They can see every blemish on their own face and on your [...]

How can we make better parenting decisions? A person who is not grounded or stable will generally be making split second decisions; they’ll never feel they have the space and time to make wise decisions. But once an individual has gained a sense of what it means to let go and just be in the [...]

Mindfulness in Education: What's Behind the Trend? If you aren’t old enough to remember life before internet and smartphones, chances are your parents or grandparents are. Yes, Virginia, there was a time when young people learned to write in flowing cursive script with pens—even fountain pens—and read books printed on paper. Kids spent time playing [...]

5 enjoyable mindful moments for kids on the go Mindfulness exercises for kids provide a welcome breather in a day filled with activities and learning. Now that a number of studies have confirmed the benefits of meditation for children, mindful moments have become a prized part of many children’s school days, whether at home or [...]

We all want happy, healthy lives for our children. Teaching kids how to meditate can give them a jump start to accessing the many benefits of meditation. Even though today’s kids exhibit elevated levels of restlessness, stress and anxiety, only 1.6% of children in the U.S. meditate. Yet several studies suggest that kids who [...]

Many students are searching for healthy practices that relieve stress, calm frazzled nerves and help them relax. Mindfulness is a natural, easy-to-follow meditation method that offers college kids who are feeling the grind important physical, emotional and psychological benefits. No fancy meditation equipment to buy, no member’s card to acquire: a few minutes a [...]

Taes' journey of self-exploration and intimate study on meditation for kids This is a profoundly moving guest article by our friend Taes Leavitt, whose passion and creativity for meditation for kids knows no bounds. It's a deeply genuine and heartfelt reflective poem complete with the whole rainbow of emotions that only Taes can evoke: From [...]

Essential qualities to develop in meditation that help your child grow It’s not “Either I meditate or I have to be a mum or dad.” Often people think, “I have to be a parent and nothing else,” or “I can’t be a parent because I’ve got other things that are important for me in life.” [...]

Meditation in High Schools - A Case Study High school math and science teacher John Thomson has been practicing meditation for about fifteen years. When his school, Amy Biehl High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, received a grant to develop an SEL—a Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum— for their students, John was asked to find [...]

If you’re a parent or children’s caregiver, you well know that caring for small children can be challenging. Moments of intense joy, closeness and wonder might be peppered with bewilderment and concern if the child seems unhappy or misbehaves. And even if your own children are perfect angels, you surely know other bambinos who [...]

Today’s kids lead extremely hectic lifestyles. Their days are filled with school, family and social obligations, sensory overload, and internal and external pressures. This can lead to a surplus of hard-to-handle situations that culminate in conditions such as stress, depression and Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD). Guided meditations for children help kids develop focus and handle [...]

Creating space for acceptance of our kids improves parenting There are times in life where we don’t have a choice, which is an incredibly fertile moment for change, for growth, and even for transformation. Because it’s like this: we want to be in control. One of our basic myths, one of our basic drivers, is [...]